A cargo ship carrying humanitarian aid from Mexico and Uruguay docked in Havana on Monday, May 18th. The ship brought 1,700 tons of food, powdered milk, and personal hygiene supplies to Cuba, which is dealing with serious shortages and near-daily blackouts, according to the Associated Press. Cuba’s Minister of Food
On Friday, May 15th, 2026, Russia and Ukraine traded 205 prisoners of war each, only hours after Russian cruise missiles struck a Ukrainian residential apartment building, killing 24 people. This prisoner exchange came about from a three-day ceasefire deal arranged by U.S. President Donald Trump. Most of the released Ukrainian
Min Aung Hlaing, former Senior General of Myanmar’s armed forces, was sworn in as president on April 10th of this year. His administration is the first formally elected since the military coup that restarted ongoing conflicts in 2021. Myanmar’s parliament elections, which began their first phase in December of
